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OUTDOORS/RECREATION
Obsidians: hike on Ridgeline
Trail, 6.2 miles; cross-country ski
to Maiden Peak Cabin, 11 miles,
info & sign up obsidians.org
2 thurs
Photography can really be “out
FOOD Wine tasting, 5-7pm
today & Thursday, Feb. 9,
Supreme Bean Coffee Co., 2864
Willamette St. FREE.
there,” but never more so than
GATHERINGS
Prenatal Yoga, 5-6:15pm today
& Thursday, Feb. 9, RiverBend
Medical Center, 3333 Riverbend
Dr., Spfd., 222-7074. $11, $40 for
4 classes.
when the Hubble Space Telescope
is involved. The wonder camera
has been orbiting Earth since
its launch in April 1990 — when
many of this year’s college
freshmen were just twinkles in
their parents’ eyes. Starting
Feb. 8, UO’s Museum of Natural
and Cultural History will exhibit
“Out in Space, Back in Time,”
a collection of Hubble images,
activities and the science
behind the magic. The Museum
of Natural and Cultural History
is open 11am-5pm Wednesday-
Sunday at UO; $3, $2 sr. & 17 &
under, $8 families (2 adults & 4
youths), mem. FREE.
Eugene
Metro Business Networking
International,
11:30am,
Downtown Athletic Club, 999
Willamette
St.,
http://wkly.
ws/159 $12 lunch.
Greater Oregon Chapter of
the Public Relations Society of
America: managing the UO’s
national brand w/UO Athletics’
Craig Pintens, 11:45am-1pm,
Valley River Inn, www.goprsa.org
$25, $20 mem., $15 stu.
Women’s Business Network
Monthly Luncheon: Community
Support for Business, 11:45am-
1:30pm, Eugene Hilton, 66 E. 6th
Ave. $20, $15 mem.
MindFreedom Lane County: Opal
Cabaret w/David Rogers, open
mic, snacks, 5-6:30pm, LILA
Peer Support Club, 990 Oak St.
FREE.
KIDS/FAMILIES
Wonderful
Ones Storytime, 1-year-olds w/
caregivers, 10:15am & 11am,
downtown library, info at 682-
8316. FREE.
Family Storytime, 11am, Sheldon
Branch Library, 1566 Coburg Rd.,
info at 682-8316. FREE.
LECTURES/CLASSES Birds
of Oregon & General Science:
“Birds in Winter” w/Dan Gleason,
9-11am, Campbell Center, 155
High St. $1 sug. don.
Genealogy computer class, in-
ternet skills required, 1:30-
3:30pm, downtown library, reg.
682-5450.
Scholars on Islam Series:
Jamillah Karim on “The Nation of
Islam: Radical Islam or American
Religion?” 1-2:20pm; “Muslim
Feminism: Sunni Women & the
Nation of Islam,” 4pm; CML 220,
LCC. FREE.
Building
Cultural
Tourism
Through
Performing
Art
Festivals
w/Paul
Nicholson
& Bill Rauch of The Oregon
Shakespeare Festival, 5-7pm,
Jordan Schnitzer Museum of
Art. FREE.
LITERARY ARTS Willamette
Writers: “Literary Writers and
Self-Publishing:
The
Final
Frontier?” w/Tina Boscha, 7pm,
Tsunami Books, 2585 Willamette
St. $10, mem. & stu. FREE.
MUSIC SHOcase: Oregon Old
Time Fiddlers,
Center. FREE.
11:15am,
Hult
Open Jazz Jam w/Free Jazz
Trio, 5pm, FREE; Tracy Grammer,
acoustic solo, Americana, 8pm,
$12 adv., $15 day of.; Cozmic.
Emerald City Jazz Kings: Pick
Yourself Up! The Songs of
Dorothy Fields, 7:30pm today,
2pm Sunday, The Shedd; 3pm to-
morrow, Florence Events Center,
Florence,
www.theshedd.org
$18-$30.
Wood Brothers w/Sarah &
Christian Dugas, jazz folk, 8pm,
WOW Hall. $15 adv., $17 door.
Peter Stampfel & the Ether Frolic
Mob w/Jeffrey Lewis, The Dust
FEBRUARY 2, 2012
Busters, acoustic, 9pm, Sam
Bond’s. $10.
Walk with Us, weekly self-led
neighborhood walking group,
ages 50 & up, 9:30-10:30am to-
day & Thursday, Feb. 9, meet
at Petersen Barn Community
Center, 870 Berntzen Rd. FREE.
Sunrise 7:30am; Sunset 5:24pm
Av High 49; Av Low 35
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EUGENE WEEKLY
Yoga & Qigong, 5:30pm today
& Thursday, Feb. 9, Celebration
Studio, 1820 Willamette St. $10.
Beginning Yoga, fi rst class
free, 6-7:15pm, Green Phoenix
Institute, 352 W. 12th Ave., http://
wkly.ws/15t
Drop-in Kayaking, bring equip-
ment, no instruction provided,
ages 12 & up, 8-10pm today &
Thursday, Feb. 9, Echo Hollow
Pool, 1655 Echo Hollow Rd. $5.
SPIRITUAL Reiki Tummo Healing
Clinic, by appt., 5:30-7:30pm, 2550
Portland St., 914-0431. Don.
Teachings by: Ani Padma Dechok
Tso, Dzogchen Nun, Living With
the Principles of Buddhism,
7-8:30pm, Market of Choice, 67
W. 29th Ave.
THEATER Exploding Love,
7:30pm
today,
tomorrow,
Saturday & Thursday, Feb. 9,
through Feb. 12, Blue Door
Theater, LCC. $10, $8 stu. & sr.
No Shame Eugene Theater
Workshop, write, direct & act
in original 5-min. pieces, 7:30-
9:30pm, 126 W. Broadway. FREE.
25 books
Lego Club, 2-4pm, ages 2-13,
Springfi eld Library, 225 5th St.,
Spfd. FREE.
Fly-In Reunion, celebration of
the renovation and reinstallation
of the late David Joyce’s pho-
to sculpture “Flight Patterns,”
5:30-8pm, Hult Center. FREE.
Game Night, bring board game
or use house game, 7pm, Divine
Cupcake, 1680 W. 11th Ave. FREE.
Trivia Night, 8pm, Rogue Public
House, 844 Olive St. FREE.
KIDS/FAMILIES
Eug Rec:
Baby Park Walks: Amazon
Park, parent w/babies 0-2
years, 9-10am, meet at Hilyard
Community Center, 2580 Hilyard
St., 682-5329. FREE.
Baby Storytime, ages 0-1 w/care-
givers, 10:15am & 11:15am, down-
town library. FREE.
Family
Storytime,
10:15am,
Bethel Branch Library, 1990
Echo Hollow Rd. FREE.
First Friday Family Fun Nights,
5:30-7pm, Petersen Barn Center,
870 Berntzen Rd., 682-5521.
FREE.
LECTURES/CLASSES
UO
& LinkedIn: professional net-
working seminars, 1:30pm, Ford
Alumni Center, UO, http://wkly.
ws/16e $10, $5 Alumni Assoc.
mem., UO stu. & 2011 grads FREE.
Snowboard/Ski Waxing Clinic,
5pm, OP Barn, UO, reg. 346-
4365. FREE.
MUSIC Acoustic Hootenanny,
3-6pm, Mrs. Thompson’s Herbs,
347 W. 5th Ave., 686-6136. FREE.
Elegant M, jazz, 5pm, FREE; Guy
Davis, 9pm, $16 adv., $20 door;
Cozmic.
Alder Street Woodwind Quintet,
6pm, downtown library. FREE.
Awake & Sing! 8pm today, tomor-
row & Saturday, Hope Theatre,
UO. $14, $12 sr., non UO stu. &
staff, UO stu. w/ID FREE.
Mark Hummel’s Blues Harp
Blowout: Little Walter Tribute,
7:30pm, The Shedd, www.
theshedd.org $34.
The Real Thing, 8pm today, to-
morrow, Saturday & Thursday,
Feb. 9; 2pm Sunday, through Feb.
11, Lord Leebrick Theatre, 540
Charnelton St., www.lordlee-
brick.com $10-$20.
Pamela Rose: Wild Women of
Song, 7:30pm, EMU Ballroom,
UO, 346-4374. FREE.
VOLUNTEER Care for Owen
Rose Garden, bring gloves & small
hand-weeding tools, instruction
provided, noon-3pm, end of N.
Jefferson St., 682-5025.
3 fri
Sunrise 7:29am; Sunset 5:25pm
Av High 49; Av Low 35
ART/CRAFT Lane Art Council
First Friday ArtWalk hosted by
Robert Canaga, 5:30-8:00pm,
starts at Studio Tre Amiche, 295 E.
5th Ave., www.lanearts.org FREE.
FILM Nordic Film Series: The
Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s
Nest, 7pm, 177 Lawrence, UO.
FREE.
FOOD/DRINK Eugene Food
Not Bombs, 2-4pm, 8th & West
Park. FREE.
GATHERINGS City Club of
Eugene: “Governance for Higher
Education in Oregon” w/George
Pernsteiner & Robert M. Berdahl,
11:50am-1:30pm, Eugene Hilton,
66 E. 6th Ave. $5, mem. FREE.
KEZI Eugene Boat & Sportsman’s
Show, noon-9pm today, 9am-
8pm
Saturday,
9am-3pm
Sunday, Lane Events Center, 796
W. 13th Ave. $7, $1 kids ages 6-11,
ages 5 & under FREE.
Guided Tours at UO Museum of
Natural & Cultural History, 1pm &
3pm, UO. FREE w/admission.
Emerging Artist Series, 8pm,
Beall Hall, UO. FREE.
Wilco, White Denim, 8pm, Hult
Center, hultcenter.org $40-$45.
James Apollo & the Sweet
Unknown, Concrete Loveseat,
rock, 9:30pm, Sam Bond’s. $5.
Emerald City Jazz Kings: Pick
Yourself Up! The Songs of
Dorothy Fields continues. See
Thursday, Feb. 2.
ON THE AIR “The Sunday
Morning Hangover TV Show,”
Betty & the Boy, Snowfl akes
Are Dancing, Hot Drama, 11pm,
Comcast channel 29.
OUTDOORS/RECREATION
Prenatal Yoga, 5:30-6:45pm,
Eugene Yoga, 3575 Donald St.,
www.eugeneyoga.us $11.
SOCIAL
DANCE Contact
Improvisation
Dance
Jam,
6-8pm, Musical Feet Studio, 420
W. 12th Ave., heartandsoulwell-
ness.com $5-$15 sliding scale.
Dancin’ By The River, profes-
sional dance lesson followed
by DJ’d music, all ages, 7-9pm,
Willamalane
Adult
Activity
Center, 215 W. C St., Spfd. $5, $3
stu. w/ID.
Friday Night Dance, fox trot,
8:30-10pm, StaverDanceSport,
41 E. 6th Ave. $10.
Salsa Dancing w/Jose Cruz,
8:30pm, Vet’s Club Ballroom,
1626 Willamette St. $7.
THEATER Rose City Children’s
Theatre: Oliver! 7pm today & to-
morrow, 2pm Sunday; through
Feb. 12, Sheldon High School,
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